In the Summertime, released March 3, 2023
Bill Monroe famously declared you couldn’t tell if a band was any good unless you heard them play something you already knew.
For their 2023 release, In the Summertime, Americana duo Tattletale Saints take the father of bluegrass to heart with a collection of cover songs that celebrate the diverse sound audiences have been falling in love with since the band’s first New Zealand tour in 2010.
The New Zealand-born, now Nashville-based pair have long made cover songs an integral part of their live shows, delighting audiences worldwide with their quirky and often unexpected bluegrass, jazz, traditional country, and pop covers. On In the Summertime, Winstanley and McGowan dive deep into old set lists, with surprising versions of everything from old country traditionals and bluegrass to reggae and 70’s pop. The compilation takes fans on a rollicking ride through the diverse influences synonymous with a Tattletale Saints performance.
Dancing Under the Dogwoods, released January 24, 2020
(Winner of the New Zealand Music Award for Folk)
On their third release, Tattletale Saints comes into its own. With thoughtful and minimal production, the album showcases the duos perfectly intertwined harmony vocals and Winstanley’s clever yet emotional songwriting.
Their musicianship, while always masterful, feels relaxed on this offering, as though they no longer have to prove themselves.
It is clear that Winstanley and McGowan have spent years working towards the creation of music that is organic, honest and effervescent, and with Dancing Under the Dogwoods, Tattletale Saints truly are here at last.
Self-titled, released September 2, 2016
Tattletale Saints expand their sound with Tattletale Saints, a self-titled album of forward-thinking roots music.
With their self-titled sophomore album, Tattletale Saints push their sound into new directions, adding full-band arrangements and sharp, observational storytelling to the mix.
Produced by Josh Kaler (Matthew Perryman Jones, Dar Williams, Heather Nova), the album finds frontman Winstanley embracing his role as a storyteller, penning slice-of-life songs about the light and dark shades of love and heartbreak; folk tales of murder and atonement; and musings on aging rock stars. He plays more electric guitar this time around, too, drawing a line of evolution between the acoustic-based How Red is the Blood and the band's new material. Meanwhile, McGowan's upright bass helps root the band in the Americana tradition, holding down a foundation for Tattletale Saints' ever-evolving sound.
How Red Is the Blood, released March 13, 2014
(Winner of the New Zealand Music Award for Folk)
Produced by multi-Grammy Award-winning bluegrass legend, Tim O’Brien, How Red is the Blood is Tattetale Saints' debut album, released in 2014.
This gorgeous and introspective album won the 2014 New Zealand Music Award for Folk Album of the Year, the equivalent of the GRAMMYS in the United States.
Complicated Man, a standout track from the album was also nominated for the APRA Silver Scroll songwriting awards for Song of the Year, alongside Lorde’s “Royals”.
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